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Congressman rebuked for call to bomb Gaza ‘like Nagasaki and Hiroshima’
Civil rights group denounces US House representative Tim Walberg’s calls to ‘get it over quick’ as a ‘clear call to genocide’
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Let Benevolence Shine
 A Republican Congresscritter called on the US to kill everyone in Gaza with nuclear weapons. He claims that this would somehow be better, but that cannot be true in any rational sense. I would guess that trumpery has lead him into deranged thinking. He also wants to attack Russia with nuclear weapons, …
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Engineers begin removing Baltimore Key Bridge’s mangled wreckage
Crew starts intricate removal work on Francis Scott Key Bridge as officials stress that health of US national economy depends on it
 The destruction of the Francis Scott Key Bridge blocked the port of Baltimore. That damages the US economy as a whole.
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‘Not a normal war’: doctors say children have been targeted by Israeli snipers in Gaza
IDF says it ‘completely rejects’ charge that its soldiers deliberately fired on any of the thousands of civilians killed in Israeli offensive
 Foreign volunteer doctors in Gaza report on Palestinian children apparently shot by snipers, with a shot in the head, a shot in the chest, or one of each. This fits a pattern of Israeli soldiers' shooting at civilians, even groups carrying makeshift white flags. Some old people have also been shot dead in the same way. The article also describes the Israeli army's pattern of not convicting …
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The left is smeared as the angry mob again and again. In reality, it is the target of political violence | Andy Beckett
These threats don’t just seek to intimidate leftwing politicians, it makes them seem a risk to voters, too, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett
 Political violence comes mainly from right-wing extremists, whipped up by right-wing extremist leaders. But many falsely blame the left.
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US and Japan push for ban on nuclear weapons in space with UN security council resolution
UN chief António Guterres says risk of nuclear war has escalated and that ‘humanity cannot survive a sequel to Oppenheimer’
 US and Japan push for ban on nuclear weapons in space with UN security council resolution.
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Wyoming governor vetoes bill on concealed carry of guns in public schools
Bill vetoed by Republican Mark Gordon, who expressed concerns about separation of powers, also covers government meetings
 The Republican governor of Wyoming vetoed a bill passed by the Republican-dominated legislature that would have permitted carrying concealed guns in public schools in public meetings. It's good that at least some Republicans are not total extremists.
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Confusion in Texas after appeals court blocks border arrest law
State law that would allow local officers to arrest migrants halted hours after US supreme court allowed it
 The Texas law that authorizes the state to arrest and prosecute people given a mere suspicion that they are unauthorized immigrants has been blocked by a federal appeals court. We depend on the Supreme Court to block state laws that tie federal law in knots, but right-wing judges can't be trusted with that responsibility.
[2/2] … obligation to reach this point much sooner. Both of those ought to happen, but suppose HAMAS refuses to release the remaining hostages -- what then? Israel has an obligation to protect the civilian population, hostages or no hostages; the resolution needs to reinforce that obligation too, or it could fail entirely.
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US calls for immediate Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal in draft UN resolution
Source says wording suggests significant movement in US position as pressure mounts on Israel to halt campaign
 The US now advocates a UN Security Council resolution to call for an "immediate ceasefire in Gaza" and release by HAMAS of its remaining hostages. It was clear that Biden was moving in this direction for several months with small steps. I am sure he had pressing political reasons to do it that way. Nevertheless, given the thousands of civilians being killed, the US had an …